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Nanotechnology Device Setting Stage for Realization of Next-Generation Ultra-Small Memories

Demand for ultra-small, fast memories with high capacity is ever increasing but, because of architectural limitations, downscaling to dimensions smaller than 45 nm has become challenging. Now, Jia Fu, Navab Singh and co-...

19 Jan 2010

Seven Big Myths About Nanotechnology Manufacturing

Does machining or molding something so small that you can’t see it with the naked eye seem like science fiction to you? Then perhaps you are one of the manufacturing practitioners who need a few myths busted. Wh...

19 Jan 2010

Liquidia Technologies Completes $20 Million Round of Series C Financing

Liquidia Technologies, a privately held biopharmaceutical company developing particle-based vaccines and therapeutics, today announced it has completed a $20 million round of Series C financing. Canaan Partners led the S...

From Liquidia Technologies, Inc. 19 Jan 2010

Keithley Instruments Announces Free Webinar on "Tips, Tricks, and Traps for On-Wafer Probing"

Keithley Instruments, Inc. (NYSE: KEI), a world leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, will broadcast a free, web-based seminar titled "Tips, Tricks, and Traps for On-Wafer Probing" on Thursday, January 28, 2010.

19 Jan 2010

Toppan Photomasks and GLOBALFOUNDRIES Forms Joint Venture

Toppan Photomasks, Inc. (TPI) and GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced that they have formed a joint venture for operation of the Advanced Mask Technology Center (AMTC) in Dresden, Germany. The joint venture will provide lead...

From GlobalFoundries 19 Jan 2010

Developing a Secondary Market to Lower Battery Costs for Automotive Buyers

American lithium-ion battery producer EnerDel announced today that it is partnering with the real estate arm of Japan's industrial trading giant, ITOCHU Corporation, to develop and produce the advanced battery system...

19 Jan 2010

Integrating Heat-Sensitive Nanotechnology Precisely Target Cancer Cells

A new treatment developed and tested by University of Oklahoma researchers not only killed large breast cancer tumors, but reduced the need for mastectomies by almost 90 percent. The latest results appear in an upcoming issue of the Annals of Surgical Oncology.

19 Jan 2010

Wigwam Introduces Collection of Socks Containing SmartSilver

Wigwam, an authentic American brand of socks, has transformed their socks into an experience for their consumers. Wigwam's new product for 2010 offers enthusiasts in Sport, Outdoor, and Snowsport the opportunity to e...

19 Jan 2010

Single-Molecule Experiments that Bring a Higher-Resolution Tool to the Study of Protein Folding

Biophysicists at TUM, the Technische Universitaet Muenchen, have published the results of single-molecule experiments that bring a higher-resolution tool to the study of protein folding. How proteins arrive at the three-...

19 Jan 2010

Nanotechnology Streamlining the Process of Computer Electronic Packaging

Carnegie Mellon University and Intel Corporation will unveil a new class of materials called solder magnetic nanocomposites that could help streamline the process of computer electronic packaging.

19 Jan 2010

Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies to Modernize and Broaden Production of Quartz Concentrate and Powder

The Supervisory Council of Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies recently approved a project to modernize and broaden production of particularly pure quartz concentrate and quartz powder for the nanoelectronic, optical...

19 Jan 2010

New Photocatalytic Nanomaterial Uses Visible Light to Destroy Harmful Bacteria and Viruses

In the battle against bacteria, researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a powerful new weapon -- an enhanced photocatalytic disinfection process that uses visible light to destroy harmful bacteria and viruses, even in the dark.

19 Jan 2010

Project Bringing World Step Closer to Producing Graphene

A collaborative research project has brought the world a step closer to producing a new material on which future nanotechnology could be based. Researchers across Europe, including the UK's National Physical Laborato...

19 Jan 2010

Electric Control of Aligned Spins Improves Computer Memory

Researchers from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and the French research facility CNRS, south of Paris, are using electric fields to manipulate the property of electrons known as "spin" to store data permanently...

19 Jan 2010

A Roundabout Method of Reading Data Can Improve Quantum Memory

Researchers who hope to create quantum computers are currently investigating various methods to store data. Nitrogen atoms embedded in diamond show promise for encoding quantum bits (qubits), but the process of reading the information results in an extremely weak signal.

19 Jan 2010